Inflatable air mattress autofill and off bed pressure adjustment

Abstract

A method and system may include transmitting a signal to a pump of an air mattress to set the pressure of the air mattress to an initial pressure; receiving, at a central controller, a user preference condition for an automatic adjustment of the pressure in the air mattress; receiving, at the central controller, an indication that the air mattress is empty; and based on determining that the user preference condition has been met and receiving the indication: detecting a change in the pressure of the air mattress beyond a threshold value; and based on the detection, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress to the initial pressure.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system comprising:
 a mattress having an adjustable pressure; 
 a sensor configured to:
 sense user-presence states of the mattress; and 
 generate presence-data that reflects the sensed user-presence states; 
 
 a controller having a processor and computer-memory, the controller configured to:
 receive the presence-data; 
 determine, from the presence-data, that the mattress is in an unoccupied state; 
 based on the determination that the mattress is in an unoccupied state, increase the adjustable pressure of the mattress to a target-pressure; 
 perform, during normal operation of the system, at least one diagnostic test on the mattress to generate diagnostic data, wherein to perform the at least one diagnostic test, the controller is further configured to detect a leak state of the mattress; and 
 transmitting the diagnostic data to an external server, wherein to transmit the diagnostic data to the external server, the controller is further configured to transmit the leak state to the external server. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , the system further comprising the external server that is communicably coupled to the controller by a data network that includes the Internet, and wherein to transmit the diagnostic data to the external server, the controller is configured to transmit the diagnostic data through the Internet. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein to detect a leak state of the mattress, the controller is further configured to detect a pressure change in the mattress. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect the pressure change in the mattress while environmental factors stay substantially constant. 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 to perform the at least one diagnostic test, the controller is further configured to receive a diagnostic reading from a peripheral controller that describes a state of a peripheral device controlled by the peripheral controller; and 
 to transmit the diagnostic data to the external server, the controller is further configured to transmit the diagnostic reading to the external server. 
 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to delay increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, after determining that the mattress is in an unoccupied state and before increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, for a delay-time. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to store the delay-time in the computer-memory; and
 is further configured to access the delay-time from the computer memory. 
 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the target-pressure is a maximum user-selectable pressure for the adjustable pressure. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the target-pressure is a value higher than a maximum user-selectable pressure for the adjustable pressure. 
     
     
       10. A system comprising:
 a mattress having an adjustable pressure; 
 a sensor configured to:
 sense user-presence states of the mattress; and 
 generate presence-data that reflects the sensed user-presence states; 
 
 a controller having a processor and computer-memory, the controller configured to:
 receive the presence-data; 
 determine, from the presence-data, that the mattress is in an unoccupied state; 
 based on the determination that the mattress is in an unoccupied state, increase the adjustable pressure of the mattress to a target-pressure, wherein the controller is further configured to delay increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, after determining that the mattress is in an unoccupied state and before increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, for a delay-time, wherein the controller is further configured to store the delay-time in the computer-memory, and wherein the controller is further configured to access the delay-time from the computer memory; 
 perform, during normal operation of the system, at least one diagnostic test on the mattress to generate diagnostic data; 
 transmitting the diagnostic data to an external server; and 
 wherein the controller is further configured to store the delay-time in the computer memory in response to receiving the delay-time from the external server. 
 
 
     
     
       11. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to delay increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, after determining that the mattress is in an unoccupied state and before increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, until the time-delay is in a time-window, wherein the time window is a pre-selected time period. 
     
     
       12. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the delay-time is a time duration during which the control is to delay. 
     
     
       13. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to store the delay-time in the computer-memory in response to receiving the delay-time from a user-input device. 
     
     
       14. A system comprising:
 a mattress having an adjustable pressure; 
 a sensor configured to:
 sense user-presence states of the mattress; and 
 generate presence-data that reflects the sensed user-presence states; 
 
 a controller having a processor and computer-memory, the controller configured to:
 receive the presence-data; 
 determine, from the presence-data, that the mattress is in an unoccupied state; 
 based on the determination that the mattress is in an unoccupied state, increase the adjustable pressure of the mattress to a target-pressure, wherein the controller is further configured to delay increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, after determining that the mattress is in an unoccupied state and before increasing the adjustable pressure of the mattress to the target-pressure, for a delay-time, wherein the controller is further configured to store the target-pressure in the computer-memory; and wherein the controller is further configured to access the target-pressure from the computer memory; 
 perform, during normal operation of the system, at least one diagnostic test on the mattress to generate diagnostic data; 
 transmitting the diagnostic data to an external server; and 
 wherein the controller is further configured to store the target-pressure in the computer memory in response to receiving the target-pressure from the external server. 
 
 
     
     
       15. The system of  claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to store the target-pressure in the computer-memory; and
 is further configured to access the target-pressure from the computer memory. 
 
     
     
       16. The system of  claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to store the target-pressure in the computer-memory in response to receiving the target-pressure from a user-input device. 
     
     
       17. A system comprising:
 a mattress having an adjustable pressure; 
 means for supporting the mattress; 
 a sensor configured to:
 sense user-presence states of the mattress; and 
 generate presence-data that reflects the sensed user-presence states; 
 
 a controller having a processor and computer-memory, the controller configured to:
 receive the presence-data; 
 determine, from the presence-data, that the mattress is in an unoccupied state; 
 based on the determination that the mattress is in an unoccupied state, increase the adjustable pressure of the mattress to a target-pressure; 
 after the adjustable pressure of the mattress has been adjusted to the target-pressure, perform at least one diagnostic test on the mattress to generate diagnostic data, wherein to perform the at least one diagnostic test, the controller is further configured to detect a leak state of the mattress; and 
 transmitting the diagnostic data to an external server, wherein to transmit the diagnostic data to the external server, the controller is further configured to transmit the leak state to the external server. 
 
 
     
     
       18. The system of  claim 17 , wherein to detect a leak state of the mattress, the controller is further configured to detect a pressure change in the mattress.